If you describe something as ethical, you mean that it is morally right or morally acceptable. ⇒ ...ethical investment schemes. ⇒ Does the party think it is ethical to link tax policy with party fund-raising?

Example sentences containing 'ethical'

Professional calligraphers are divided along ethical , artistic and financial lines as to the medium they prefer to work with.Edward Docx THE CALLIGRAPHERMost of us have within us an ethical imperative to be and do good, but that's quiteapart from any illusory God.Aldiss, Brian SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFESuch ethical blindness would make it easier for her to play her devious game, however.Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATIONThere is no moraldilemma involved, no ethical question open to debate; they must be ground into dust.Terry Goodkind NAKED EMPIRE